VICTORY – CRIMINALISATION OF CLIENTS DEFEATED We won! Our collective mobilisation defeated the amendment to the Modern Slavery Bill put forward by Fiona Mactaggart MP which would have criminalised clients. It dropped without even going to a vote. Another amendment put forward by Yvette Cooper MP, Shadow Home Secretary, calling for a “review of the links between […]
By Sarah Noble Tuesday, Parliament will debate the Report Stage of the Modern Slavery Bill, and in particular, an amendments that would criminalise the purchase of sex in England and Wales, similar to the one that was passed in Northern Ireland just a couple of weeks ago. It’s important that, as Liberal Democrats, we oppose […]
Dear Rt Hon Frank Field MP and members of the Joint Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery BillOn the basis of our collective [considerable] experience and robust research evidence on sex work in the UK, EU and internationally, we ask that you consider the following serious concerns we have with the proposed amendment to the […]
Dear friends We are strongly opposed to the proposal to criminalise the purchase of sexual services. We would be grateful if you would consider our briefing paper below about the Modern Slavery Bill. The Modern Slavery Bill will result in more violence against women because: – It will make sex work more dangerous as women […]
Dear friends, This is a briefing (below) we have prepared against a clause to the Modern Slavery Bill which aims to criminalise sex workers’ clients. Please send your objections (model letter below) to the clause as soon as possible. It will be discussed next Tuesday 4 November in the Report Stage of the Bill. If you […]
Pushing prostitution further underground will not abolish it nor help sex workers, It will endanger sex workers’ lives and livelihoods. Consenting sex is not a crime. Criminalising clients will not stop prostitution; it will push it further underground, making it more dangerous and stigmatising for sex workers. Most sex workers are mothers, mostly single mothers […]
From Aisling Gallagher:The bill that could impose the Nordic model on sex workers working in Northern Ireland is going to be voted on sometime in the next 48 hours. LIST OF MLAS here – PLEASE GET TWEETING/EMAILING.Please email and tweet Sinn Fein & Alliance members in particular asking them NOT to back the bill (tweet suggestions below). Also worthwhile tweeting the […]
Consenting sex is not a crime! 4.00pm – 5.00pmQueen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS. 2nd Floor, Room 2.41Gay sex has been decriminalised yet the criminalisation of sex work has increased. Why should two adults who want to have consensual sexual contact with each other in private not be able to do […]
Canadian sex worker activists speak out: Prostitution laws are ‘dangerous’ and infringe our constitutional rights Organising to win & retain the Supreme Court Ruling which struck down the prostitution laws because they infringed the constitutional right to work in safety 22 September 2014 7pm -9pm Crossroads Women’s Centre, 25 Wolsey Mews, London NW5 2DX In […]
On Tuesday 8 July 2014, the French Senate rejected proposals to criminalise sex workers’ clients. The Select Committee considering the proposal consulted sex workers and other organisations over several months and found that people were alarmed about the danger caused to sex workers. The Committee received compelling evidence that clients, anxious about being fined, could […]
